Senior Systems Engineer - Milpitas-CA, United States
$128,000 - $192,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves supporting the sustaining of released Metrology products and introducing new designs and upgrades impacting manufacturing and service environments. The scope includes managing component selection, BOM/revision maintenance, and design specification determination for optical metrology systems.
What you'll do
- Design and develop new hardware features for released products.
- Evolve product, process, and test design to improve product performance and reliability.
- Drive selection, qualification, and release of component obsolescence alternatives.
- Implement new design releases via change-order processes.
- Design and conduct experiments to characterize, troubleshoot, and improve complex optical metrology systems.
- Provide Engineering tier 3 & 4 escalation support for released & mature lifecycle products.
- Work within copy exactly requirements.
What you'll need
- 7+ years of increasingly responsible engineering and product development experience in high-tech companies engaged in the manufacture of advanced semiconductor equipment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical or Optical preferred) or related technical field with 5+ years directly related experience.
- Broad understanding of Wafer Handling Automation Systems, Control Systems & Optical Systems.
Nice to have
- Background in development of optical inspection-based equipment.
- Experience in computer / server architecture.
- Experience in creating test programs to resolve complex issues.
Skills: Metrology products, optical metrology systems, Wafer Handling Automation Systems, Control Systems, Optical Systems, hardware features
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 52-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Metrology Inspection
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Open roles in category
169
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Median days open
52 d
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Median salary
$159k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Onto Innovation | All employers we track in this specialty (169 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 169 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 102 | 9320 · 108 employers |
| Median days open | 52 d | 52 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $159k |
Skills observed across this category: Metrology products, optical metrology systems, Wafer Handling Automation Systems, Control Systems, Optical Systems, hardware features
Who's hiring in this category
- KLA Corporation · 59 open roles · median 50 d
- Applied Materials · 28 open roles · median 54 d
- Onto Innovation (this employer) · 14 open roles · median 56 d
- Lam Research · 11 open roles · median 28 d
- Micron Technology · 8 open roles · median 47 d
- ASML · 7 open roles · median 58 d
How we counted: 169 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Metrology Inspection) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Sept 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.